On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 06:10:31PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c > index 1f2e99d..62df61c 100644 > --- a/kernel/sched.c > +++ b/kernel/sched.c > @@ -2377,6 +2377,9 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, > task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags); > How about this ? again: cpu = p->sched_class->select_task_rq(p, SD_BALANCE_WAKE, wake_flags); if (!cpu_online(cpu)) cpu = cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask); if (!cpu) { set_task_affinity(); goto again; } > + > if (cpu != orig_cpu) { > local_irq_save(flags); > rq = cpu_rq(cpu); Will it help further narrow down the window ? > > > Something I think Mike also tried and didn't deadlock for him.. > > Sachin, Mike, could you try the above snippet and verify if it does > indeed solve your respective issues? > > /me prays it does, because otherwise I'm fresh out of clue... -- Thanks and Regards gautham -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html